ORGANIC FOOD AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

Organic food is made according to certain production standards, which is grown without the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers, it is free from pollution caused by human or industrial waste, and processed without ionizing radiation or additives. Farm animals are reared without the need to always use the use of antibiotics and growth hormones are not direct, but always fed healthy food. Now, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan and other countries producers require to get special certification to market their food as organic within the borders of countries .Farmers planted or cultivated in small farms using organic farming practices, regardless of the certification, as observed for individual users. Because the demand for organic foods continues to increase, large-scale sales through channels such as supermarkets increase. However, for supermarket consumers, food production is not easily observed, even more dependent on the product label, like "certified organic", although the government can find the control and monitoring by third parties for confirmation. The label "certified organic" usually is the only way to identify users that a product is "organic."

Impact on environment
Several surveys and studies have attempted to study and compare the normal and organic farming systems. Reached a consensus that organic farming is less harm because:
• Organic farming uses no synthetic pesticides, or issue into the environment. Such toxins can be harmful to soil, water and wildlife.
• Organic Farm is more effective than ordinary farm in the board in various ecosystems, the populations of plants and insects as well as animals.
• When calculated either by the area per unit or per unit of yield, organic farms use less energy it produces less waste, eg waste products such as packaging materials chemistry.
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COMPOST

Make Compost?
It is a process where organic materials rotted by microorganisms in oxygenated conditions. The result of this process is environmentally beneficial compost as a natural fertilizer for gardening and farming.

Benefits of composting
Among the key benefits are;
• Good to nature to recycle organic materials are valuable resources.
• Save money from buying fertilizer for plants.
• Playing the role of soil and add volume styling ground.
• Saves water by retaining moisture in the soil.

If you do not have a garden or terraced house sitting, you can also make compost and use plants for home or school, give them to friends or use in a community garden.

Important ingredient in making compost
Dry materials + Greens materials +Water + Air
"Dry" and "Greens" are organic materials that can rot and the main ingredient for making compost.
"Dry" is a material such as dry leaves, twigs, and sawdust. These materials contain a lot of carbon.
"Greens" are waste materials such as vegetable scraps, fruit peel, remaining food and faeces. "Greens" contains lots of nitrogen.
We need to use half of the "Greens" and half "Dry" according to the volume of a compost heap.

Ingredients are easy to rot.
1. Residue Kitchen / Canteen
• Remains of food waste
• Waste-waste, fruits and vegetables, skin, peel, seeds, leaves, roots, stems and corn.
• The contents of the stomach
• Meat and milk ingredients, egg shells.
• Remains of the excess food.
• Uncang the, ground coffee.

2. Garden wastes
•. Cuts Grass
• Leaves
• Grasses
• Dried Leaf
• Wood-kindling (twigs & branches)
• Straw
• wood powder
• Land


Air is a substance which is vital for life and decomposer microorganisms.
The water provides moisture to the decomposer microorganisms.
When we make a compost heap, we really are building a house for these microorganisms. Mixing the compost is very important to provide air and water to the decomposer microorganisms.
One of the frequently used is the land that became the source of microorganisms that hasten decomposition. Decomposer microorganisms is important are bacteria, fungi, worms and insects. The remains of a kitchen or cafeteria and food can also be used as an ingredient to make compost.
Compost is ready to smell the soil, brown or black and are relays and a little damp. The compost will be ready in advance if the material used is more subtle.

Gardening

Do you like gardening?

Gardening can burn calories and good for health. When gardening, you will be doing activities such as cutting grass, trimming plants, change the pots, planting flowers and trees, fertilizing and watering the plants. Gardening activities will burn about 280 calories to 380 calories per hour. Total calories burned is equivalent to jogging or running for 30 minutes or run a distance of 2.5 km. Even the activity of gardening can burn more calories than cycling. Gardening equivalent of exercising in the gym to be spending a lot of money. Gardening can also reduce the stress of a person. Gardening while enjoying the beauty of plants and garden can calm the mind. For those who are elderly, gardening activities provide many benefits. Caring for plants can make the elderly feel that they are needed and not lonely.

For those who are experiencing mental health problems or have psychological disorders, gardening activities also have a positive effect. With the garden, one feels calm. Especially when working with plants and flower gardens are beautiful and tranquil surroundings. Furthermore gardening activity may help a person gain confidence.

However, gardening is not just people who benefit from the green environment, people who live or be around the house with a beautiful garden will also benefit. Several observations indicate that the person will feel more happy with the environment that many green plants.